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Date Sent: 2012-07-05
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Thursday, July 5, 2012 AM edition |
Twitter shares info on gov't demands for user data -- Roberts wrote both Obamacare opinions
San Diego man stranded after told on no-fly list -- Midwest ranchers, lawmakers protest EPA drone flyovers --
Israeli police officer caught kicking Palestinian boy on video --
ACLU-NJ Launches Smartphone App That Lets Users Secretly Record Police
Stops -- Ocean explorer Bob Ballard finds bodies of Turkish pilots shot down by Syria -- The faces of the dead in Syria’s unrest -- Barclays’ Ex-Chief Spreads the Blame in Rate-Rigging Scandal -- Death of the US Constitution: Can Americans Escape the Deception? -- Declaration of Independence 2012 -- Is it time to alter or abolish our present form of government? -- Why Recent Oil Price Falls are a Good Buying Opportunity - An Interview with Jim Rogers -- Second Checkpoint Nullification Night Lower Moreland PA -- Wiki Inventor Sticks a Fork in His Baby -- These Chinese Frauds Could Be Just The Tip Of The Iceberg --
Mexico recounts votes from over half of polling booths --
Paleontologists: Feather fossil could change look of predatory dinosaurs
-- China frees protesters after halting project -- UPDATE 1-More than 1 million in US still without power 5 days after storm -- Is Germany preparing to bail out of the Euro? -- EMERGING MARKETS-Brazil real falls for 2nd day in thin trading -- Living wills for megabanks released -- New Bay Area consulting firm to focus on libertarian political candidates -- Scientists discover new subatomic particle at the center of everything -- ACTA: Controversial anti-piracy agreement rejected by EU -- State of emergency declared by Peru after 3 killed in clash over US-owned gold mine project -- US Intelligence Says Turkish Warplane Downed in Syrian Waters
AZ: Arizona Breakfast Club this Saturday; Party at Hancock's -
Come meet Glenn Jacobs, aka Citizen X - Friday, July 13th - 5 p.m. til ?
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News Link • Internet
Twitter shares info on gov't demands for user data
07-04-2012
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AP
Twitter will provide biannual reports about U.S. and foreign government demands for information about its users, just as Google has been doing for the past two years. U.S. government agencies accounted for most of the inquiries
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News Link • Healthcare
Roberts wrote both Obamacare opinions
07-04-2012
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Salon
My source insists that “most of the material in the first three quarters of the joint dissent was drafted in Chief Justice Roberts’ chambers in April and May.” Only the last portion of what eventually became the joint dissent was drafted without any
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
San Diego man stranded after told on no-fly list
07-04-2012
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AP
A US citizen of Somali descent has been stranded in Bahrain for 2 weeks after being told his name appears on the U.S. government's no-fly list does not understand why he has been tagged as a suspected terrorist and is talking to U.S. lawyers.
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News Link • Environment
Midwest ranchers, lawmakers protest EPA flyovers
07-04-2012
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AP
Midwest ranchers have never been enamored with environmental regulators, but they really began to complain after learning that federal inspectors were flying over their land to look for problems.
The Environmental Protection Agency flies over powe
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Israeli police officer caught kicking Palestinian boy on video
07-04-2012
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Rawstory
A video showing an Israeli police officer kicking a nine-year-old Palestinian boy has prompted an official investigation.
The footage, released by the Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem, shows the child, Abd a-Rahman Burqan, on the ground
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News Link • Law Enforcers or Peace Officers
ACLU-NJ Launches Smartphone App That Lets Users Secretly Record Police Stops
07-04-2012
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CBS News
New Jersey’s branch of the American Civil Liberties Union has taken its mission of policing the police to smartphones.
The ACLU has released an app called “Police Tape” that lets users secretly record police stops.
The ACLU’s Alexander Shalom s
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
The Fourth of July
07-04-2012
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The Agitator
Even when Star Trek was bad, it could have moments that were memorable and said something important. In the deeply-flawed episode “The Omega Glory”, descendants of early Earth colonists (or else the inhabitants of an impossibly-parallel world) fough
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News Link • Syria
Ocean explorer Bob Ballard finds bodies of Turkish pilots shot down by Syria
07-04-2012
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Washington Post
elebrated ocean explorer and Titanic finder Bob Ballard, working for the Turkish government, has located the bodies of two Turkish pilots shot down by Syria over the eastern Mediterranean last month, the Turkish military said in a statement released
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News Link • Syria
The faces of the dead in Syria’s unrest
07-04-2012
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Washington Post
Day by day, the death count in Syria climbs as headlines mark dozens of men, women and children shot and stabbed in Houla, or entire families killed in Qubeir.
But beyond the numbers, scant attention is paid to the individuals who have lost their
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News Link • Corruption
Barclays’ Ex-Chief Spreads the Blame in Rate-Rigging Scandal
07-04-2012
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New York Times
Mr. Diamond also sought to deflect attention from the bank’s role in the authorities’ continuing investigation, pointing out that other major global financial institutions also had been implicated. United States and British regulators, who announced
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News Link • Constitution
Death of the US Constitution: Can Americans Escape the Deception?
07-04-2012
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by Dr. Paul Craig Robert globalresearch
Hot Air Day is upon us.On July 4 hot air will spew forth all over the country as dignitaries deliver homilies to our “freedom and democracy”...
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News Link • Military
Declaration of Independence 2012
07-04-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
2012 revision of the Declaration of Independence as read by U.S. Service members in Afghanistan.
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News Link • Energy
Why Recent Oil Price Falls are a Good Buying Opportunity - An Interview with Jim Rogers
07-04-2012
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Oilprice.com
Interview with Jim Rogers covering: Why oil prices could fall to $40 a barrel, Investment opportunities with the renewable energy sector, Why we should let Greece fail
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News Link • Police State
Second Checkpoint Nullification Night Lower Moreland PA
07-02-2012
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Bensalem Patch
Valley Forge, PA " Building on the success of their first checkpoint nullification on June 15, 2012 (See video: http://youtu.be/Mwx6283n81A) the Valley Forge Revolutionaries will be establishing
warning stations several blocks on either side of the
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News Link • Communications
Fiber Is the Key to U.S. Telecom Diet
07-04-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Susan Crawford
...an extraordinary story that will actually have an impact on the day-to-day lives of tens of millions of Americans is rolling efficiently forward in dozens of state legislatures. And neither mainstream media nor the public is paying much attention.
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News Link • Internet
Wiki Inventor Sticks a Fork in His Baby
07-04-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Klint Finley
Ward Cunningham, the creator of the wiki, is proud of his invention. “We changed the world together,” he says of those who contributed to his software development site C2, which spawned the online collaboration software that underpins Wikipedia and c
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Newly Discovered Particle Appears to Be Long-Awaited Higgs Boson
07-04-2012
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http://www.wired.com, By Adam Mann
Prepare the fireworks: The discovery of the Higgs boson is finally here. Early in the morning on July 4, physicists with the Large Hadron Collider at CERN announced they have found a new particle that behaves similarly to what is expected from the Hi
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News Link • Inventions
Smart Headlights See through Rain and Snow
07-04-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, Conor Myhrvold
Software could make it easier to see in difficult driving conditions.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
T-cell Vaccines Could Treat Elusive Diseases
07-04-2012
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http://www.technologyreview.com, Susan Young
A biotech company believes it can create the first effective T-cell vaccines. If it is right, it would redefine infectious medicine.
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News Link • Inventions
Feel-good glass for windows
07-04-2012
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http://www.bio-medicine.org, Walther Glaubitt
Most people prefer to live in homes that are airy and flooded with light. Nobody likes to spend much time in a dark and dingy room.
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News Link • Drugs and Medications
Patient-derived stem cells could improve drug research for Parkinson's
07-04-2012
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http://www.bio-medicine.org, Daniel Stimson
Researchers have taken a step toward personalized medicine for Parkinson's disease, by investigating signs of the disease in patient-derived cells and testing how the cells respond to drug treatments.
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News Link • China
These Chinese Frauds Could Be Just The Tip Of The Iceberg
07-04-2012
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http://www.businessinsider.com, Craig Tindale
The Fall of the Communist Dynasty and The Looting of China touched on the widespread fraud that has become apparent, both in mainland and US listed Chinese companies.
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News Link • Mexico
Mexico recounts votes from over half of polling booths
07-04-2012
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By Lizbeth Diaz reuters.com
Mexico's election officials on Wednesday recounted votes from more than half the polling booths in Sunday's presidential and congressional elections, responding to claims of fraud and requests for recounts in areas where the race was tight.
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News Link • Books
The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It by Julian Cribb
07-04-2012
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blogcritics.org
The Coming Famine: The Global Food Crisis and What We Can Do to Avoid It by Julian Cribb is a reminder of the worst things to come unless humankind embarks on a different trajectory. Cribb warns against painful food shortages, water scarcity, displac
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News Link • Books
The Passionless People Revisited by Gordon McLauchlan
07-04-2012
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By Kiran Dass nzherald.co.nz
Two tremendously eloquent pieces of social commentary of New Zealand are Bill Pearson's classic, piercing essay, Fretful Sleepers, initially published in Landfall in 1952, and Gordon McLauchlan's 1976 book Passionless People.
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News Link • Humor
'Defeat Obama Telethon' About to Begin
07-04-2012
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LP Yahoo! Groups/LNC Discuss
There's been a lot of buzz in the LP about Wayne Allyn Root speaking in this Telethon - and his recent comments about Mitt Romney. I'm popping popcorn to watch this comedy... - Ed
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News Link • World News
Paleontologists: Feather fossil could change look of predatory dinosaurs
07-04-2012
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Stacey Pounsberry .thebunsenburner
Evidence has mounted in recent years that some dinosaurs gained feathers on their way to evolving into birds. But a new study suggests feathered dinosaurs were more prevalent.
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News Link • Activism
China frees protesters after halting project
07-04-2012
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aljazeera
Uncommon steps of halting metals project and releasing demonstrators, comes after thousands protested in southwest city.
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News Link • Weather News - Links - History
UPDATE 1-More than 1 million in US still without power 5 days after storm
07-04-2012
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reuters
More than 1 million homes and businesses in a swath from Indiana to Virginia remained without power on Wednesday, five days after deadly storms tore through the region.
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News Link • European Union
Is Germany preparing to bail out of the Euro?
07-04-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The European Union held a summit meeting last week, prompting a significant rally in both European and American markets at the perception of progress in controlling the Euro meltdown. However, it’s difficult for a sober analyst to find anything of l
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News Link • Economy - International
EMERGING MARKETS-Brazil real falls for 2nd day in thin trading
07-04-2012
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Walter Brandimarte Reuters
The Brazilian real slid
for a second straight session on Wednesday, one day after a
central bank official suggested policymakers were not
comfortable with the currency's recent gains, while the Mexican
peso inched lower in sync with the euro.
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News Link • Technology: Computer Hardware
Diamonds may leads to rise of quantum computer
07-04-2012
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The Bunsen Burner Staff
One of the main obstacles in the way of a practical quantum computer has been cracked. Researchers were able to create quantum bits (qubits) and store information on them for nearly two seconds, at room temperature.
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Living wills for megabanks released
07-04-2012
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By Jennifer Liberto CNNMoney
Regulators took another step toward ending the era of "too big to fail" Tuesday, releasing so-called living wills, guidelines for unwinding nine of the largest banks doing business in the United States.
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News Link • Activism
Web freedom groups trumpet EU defeat of anti-piracy agreement
07-04-2012
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latimesblogs.latimes.com
In a victory trumpeted by Internet freedom groups, the European Parliament soundly rejected an international agreement to combat piracy Wednesday after protests against the pact swept Europe. The vote reportedly came down to just 39 ballots in favor,
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News Link • MEDIA BLOG REFERENCES
New Bay Area consulting firm to focus on libertarian political candidates
07-04-2012
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ELIZABETH TRAYNOR sfgate.com
A newly formed Bay Area political consulting firm looks to aid libertarian candidates in their bids for office, and two members of the team have ties to Texas Rep. Ron Paul and his son, Rand Paul, a senator from Kentucky.
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News Link • MEDIA (MainStreamMedia - aka MSM)
Fourth of July - without power, air conditioning
07-04-2012
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By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press
Hundreds of thousands from the Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic were preparing to spend the Fourth of July like America’s founders did in 1776, without the conveniences of electricity and air conditioning.
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Scientists discover new subatomic particle at the center of everything
07-04-2012
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Brian Vastag and Joel Achenbach, Washington Post
A half-century scientific quest culminated early Wednesday as physicists announced the discovery of a new subatomic particle " one theorized to be so fundamental that without it, nothing could exist.
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News Link • Religion: Believers
SCIENTISTS DISCOVER the "GOD PARTICLE" - YOU can TOO!
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www.varight.com
Does the scientists' discovery of the so-called "god particle" answer all the world's pressing eternal questions? There is an answer to the crucial questions of life: Why is there hardship and disease? Why am I here? Do I have a larger purpos
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News Link • Science, Medicine and Technology
Nano-diamonds in the Laundry
07-04-2012
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arclein
The chemical engineering challenge presented by a load of wash is considerable. An average load of laundry contains 40-120 grams (1.4-4.2 oz) of dirt. This dirt is a witch's brew of proteins, carbs, starches, hydrocarbons, fats, minerals, clay, and
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News Link • History
Amelia Expedition Launched
07-04-2012
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arclein
“Everything has pointed to the airplane having gone over the edge of that reef in a particular spot and the wreckage ought to be right down there,” said Ric Gillespie, the founder and executive director of The International Group for Historic Aircraf
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News Link • Economy - International
Global Economy Turns Bullish
07-04-2012
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arclein
What I am saying is that the fundamentals of the global economy have actually never been better and I would have not expected to write these words so soon back in 2008. Governments need to merely pay attention to business and voters need to remove th
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News Link • Weird/Offbeat News
Horrific Testicle-Eating Fish Invade Illinois Lake [Video]
07-04-2012
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Terrence Aym
When the pacu cannot find its normal food"nuts, snails, and vegetation indigenous to the Amazon"it becomes a meat eater. In Papua New Guinea it's called the 'ball-cutter fish' because it attacks male swimmers and fishermen and savagely bites off t
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News Link • Science
Higgs-like particle found in ‘milestone’ for mankind
07-04-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
After a quest spanning nearly half a century, physicists on Wednesday said they had found a new sub-atomic particle consistent with the elusive Higgs boson which is believed to confer mass.
Rousing cheers and a standing ovation erupted at the Euro
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News Link • Intellectual Property
Acta: Controversial anti-piracy agreement rejected by EU
07-04-2012
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http://chrisinmaryville.net/
The European Parliament has voted to reject the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta).
The proposed agreement sought to curb piracy, but internet campaigners said it posed a threat to online freedoms.
The rejection vote followed a failed a
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News Link • Science
Higgs Rising ?
07-04-2012
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arclein
As physicists at Europe’s Large Hadron Collider prepare topresent their latest update in the hunt for the Higgs boson " the strange particle that exists everywhere in space and interacts with all other elementary particles, giving them their mass " o
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News Link • Environment
RadTest4U - Free Testing of Air Filters for Radioactive Isotopes
07-04-2012
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RadTest4U.com via enenews.com
"Why are we doing this? Self reliance. Not government reliance. This is the way things are supposed to work."
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News Link • Space Travel and Exploration
SPACEPORT AMERICA: Location - How To Find
07-04-2012
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Google Map
You cannot find the Spaceport anywhere on their website or map, so with much effort, we were able to find it. Click thru to see map and directions.
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News Link • World News
State of emergency declared by Peru after 3 killed in clash over US-owned gold mine project
07-03-2012
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Associated Press
Peru’s government declared a state of emergency in three provinces after three people died and at least 21 suffered injuries Tuesday in a violent protest against a US-owned gold mining project that is the South American nation’s biggest investment.
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News Link • Unintended Consequences
Was Peru's $200M Laptop Initiative Worth it?
07-03-2012
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Associated Press
There are serious doubts about whether the largest single deployment in the One Laptop Per Child initiative was worth the money. The $200 million initiative, inspired by Negroponte and paid for by the Peruvian government, was a grand initiative that
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News Link • Welfare: Social
USDA combats ‘mountain pride,’ self-reliance to boost food stamp rolls
07-03-2012
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The Daily Caller
1 in 7 Americans are on food stamps, but the government is pushing to enroll more " in many instances working to overcome Americans’ “pride,” self-reliance or failure to see a need. “Our common goal is to increase participation
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News Link • Afghanistan
Pakistan reopens supply routes into Afghanistan after Clinton says ‘sorry’
07-03-2012
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The Ticket
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that Pakistan was reopening ground supply lines into neighboring Afghanistan after she apologized for the death of 24 Pakistani soldiers in a NATO strike in November.
"We are sorry for the losses suffer
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News Link • Gun Rights
Doctor's report: Zimmerman declined specialist for broken nose
07-03-2012
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Reuters
A newly released medical report in the Trayvon Martin case says George Zimmerman had scalp wounds, black eyes and a broken nose from their altercation the night he fatally shot the Florida teenager.
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News Link • Palestine -- Israel
Swiss institute finds polonium in Arafat's effects
07-03-2012
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Reuters
Traces of the poisonous element polonium have been found in the belongings of late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, a Swiss institute said, and a television report said his widow had demanded his body be exhumed for further tests.
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News Link • TERRORISM
Homeland Security Report Lists ‘Liberty Lovers’ As Terrorists
07-03-2012
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www.infowars.com
Americans who are “suspicious of centralized federal authority, reverent of individual liberty” deemed domestic threat
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News Link • Drug War
NOT GUILTY!
07-03-2012
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http://attorneyforfreedom.wordpress.com
Jury finds woman with 83 pounds of marijuana in her van NOT GUILTY!!
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